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The Mummy

Ancient Tomb, Shallow Grave A strange twist of fate, but I like it. For years, Universal has been considering a remake of the classic Boris Karloff gothic horror romance, but couldn’t figure out what to do with it. Who’d ever … Continue reading

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Faces of Gore VHS

Japan’s bloodiest home videos Before Todd Tjersland released The Necro Files, one of the most fucked up horror flicks I’ve ever seen, the twisted auteur launched his video career with this shockumentary, which has spawned several sequels. Freely acknowledging its … Continue reading

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Devil Girls

Wood Rises Again Mismatched scenes, loads of stock footage, cheap library music, bad acting – all are the hallmarks of the work of one of cinema’s most unique visionaries. Gotta hand it to independent writer/director Andre Perkowski. Nobody in the … Continue reading

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The Matrix

One Pill Makes You Bigger, the Other Makes You Small As any SubGenius knows, the normal world is an illusion. Those with the gift can see through the veil and see the wondrous and horrifying reality lurking beneath the surface. … Continue reading

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The Corruptor

NYPD Chow Some critics are whining that this second US feature starring Chow Yun-fat doesn’t live up to his Chinese crime thrillers. Maybe that’s because it’s not trying to – in every department, from acting to cinematography, it seems to … Continue reading

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Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Bulletspotting I hardly know where to start in singing the praises of this blood-soaked but hilarious British crime comedy. A promising first feature from writer/director Guy Ritchie, it’s a non-stop joy from start to finish.

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My Favorite Martian

Not MY Favorite That would of course be Devil Girl From Mars. Well, I’ll be darned, another so-so TV Land retread from Disney. How do they come up with these crazy ideas? Oh, that’s right – they just check the … Continue reading

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Creaturealm: Demons Wake

Tales of affordable madness The once popular horror anthology subgenre lives on – if not in the theaters, then in the world of low budget, independent, straight-to tape productions, where young filmmakers can practice their licks on their way to … Continue reading

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Bride of Chucky

He’s Up Again I never really liked the old Child’s Play movies, those campy but offbeat little slasher flicks from the ’80s featuring an evil possessed doll on a killing spree. They always seemed like sorry rip-offs of Devil Doll … Continue reading

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Beloved

It’s a Thriller! It surprises the hell out of me that I’m reviewing this for PFS. Full page ads in newspapers, as well as the film’s trailers, sell the picture as a big classic period drama about ex-slaves. What they … Continue reading

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